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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 9 | Issue 2
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 1 September to 6 September 2025
8th Sep 2025
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Tamil Nadu argues, once again
If the Court expands the scope of the Governor’s discretion under Article 200—even in an advisory opinion—it could open a can of worms
7th Sep 2025
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The Constitution of India turns 75: A Diamond Jubilee Commemoration
The Bar Association of India launched a commemorative volume in collaboration with the Supreme Court Observer
4th Sep 2025
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What is the role of ‘constitutional morality’ in legal interpretation?
In this excerpt from a longer essay, Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium writes that Indian courts developed this tool to uphold rights
4th Sep 2025
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How the Supreme Court used the Basic Structure Doctrine in the EWS judgement
This excerpt from a longer essay analyses why the Court held that reservation based on economic criteria was valid
4th Sep 2025
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Umar Khalid’s Bail Application Tracker
A year after Umar Khalid appealed a Trial Court order that had denied him bail, the Delhi High Court rejected his bail plea
4th Sep 2025
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A crack in the Collegium’s wall of secrecy
Justice Nagarathna’s reported dissent against a recent recommendation highlights the lack of transparency around Collegium deliberations
3rd Sep 2025
From the editor's desk
The differential levels of scrutiny the Court applies to studies on caste vis-a-vis economic backwardness may have deep and abiding implications for how affirmative action policies are crafted in the future, and is especially prescient in a situation where challenges to EWS reservations remain pending.
The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
Studies examining caste-based backwardness have a higher bar to pass than those studying backwardness within the ‘general category'.
SCO Team
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Can the Supreme Court Provide Reservations for Orphans?
With the petition seeking orphans to be identified as a backward class, are we moving away from a caste centric definition of backwardness.
8th Jun 2021
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Part I—The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
There is a marked difference in the methodology employed by the Mandal and Major Sinho Commissions in studying backwardness.
11th Jan 2022
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SC Offers Hope for OBC Reservations in Maharashtra Municipal Elections
The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.
20th Jan 2022
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Medical Students Relieved as SC Issues Order in PG NEET Case
DESK BRIEF: The SC issued an Order allowing the Union to immediately commence counselling for admissions to postgraduate medical programmes.
8th Jan 2022
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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022